Pulp confidential: quick and dirty publishing from the 1940s and 50s

Peter Doyle

Pulp confidential

quick and dirty publishing from the 1940s and 50s

Peter Doyle

Department of Media, Music, Communication and Cultural Studies

Research output: Non-traditional research output › Exhibition

Abstract

This exhibition presents a rich collection of 1940s and 50s vintage Australian "pulp" cover art, crime story illustrations and original comic books, drawn from the papers of Sydney publishing house, Frank Johnson Publications. It gives a glimpse of the everyday workings of a small but resilient player at the hard-scrabble end of the Australian publishing industry.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Sydney
Publisher	State Library of New South Wales
Publication status	Published - 2015

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